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elizabeth cohen is following that for us today. kiran? >> with the developments of the investigation of michael jackson's death, the l.a. county coroner's office knows what killed michael jackson but not going public with the information just yet. ted rowlands is following that for us and the battle lines in the fight over michael jackson's estate. >>> john, kiran, six weeks after investigating the l.a. county coroner released a statement saying they've finished all of the work. finished the investigation in to the death of michael jackson. presumably a cause of death has been determined. however, they will not be releasing that information to the general public because the lapd has asked them to keep ahold on that information until the police investigation concludes in the death. so, while they know what killed michael jackson, they know what's in his system, the toxicology is back. the public will not know until the lapd gives them the go ahead. they're not sure when that is going to happen. they're saying basically the security hold in
elizabeth cohen is following that for us today. kiran? >> with the developments of the investigation of michael jackson's death, the l.a. county coroner's office knows what killed michael jackson but not going public with the information just yet. ted rowlands is following that for us and the battle lines in the fight over michael jackson's estate. >>> john, kiran, six weeks after investigating the l.a. county coroner released a statement saying they've finished all of the work....
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medical correspondent elizabeth cohen has more in today's "help for her." >> a recently published study suggests many women undergoing diagnostic tests for possible breast cancer may be enduring a lot more pain and spending a lot more money than necessary. that report published in the journal of the "american college of surgeons" says about 40% of female patients had open surgical biopsies despite professional guidelines that say a needle biopsy is just as good. >> the state of the art todays is needle biopsy. a needle biopsy is far less expensive, it hurts less, it doesn't cause any significant scarring. >> reporter: which is why some doctors are now crying foul and pointing fingers. >> here's why it's happening. unfortunately, many of these patients are controlled by surgeons and it may be that those surgeons do not know how to do needle biopsies or do not have the skill to do it, so rather than refer the patient to somebody who can do it, they do an open surgical biopsy which is, you know, ten years behind the time. >> reporter: surgical biopsies cost almost twice as much as needle b
medical correspondent elizabeth cohen has more in today's "help for her." >> a recently published study suggests many women undergoing diagnostic tests for possible breast cancer may be enduring a lot more pain and spending a lot more money than necessary. that report published in the journal of the "american college of surgeons" says about 40% of female patients had open surgical biopsies despite professional guidelines that say a needle biopsy is just as good....
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our senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen joins us with that. why are so many low on vitamin d? >> it's this one, two punch. kids aren't getting enough in foods like milk and fish and also kids are spending more time inside than ever before. and then when they go outside, they're often slatherred in sunscreen as you mentioned. let's take a look at the result of those two going on at the same time. what you have is you have 7.6 million with vitamin d deficiency, that's about 9% of the population and you have nearly 60 million children who are vitamin d insufficient, which isn't quite as bad as being deficient. so we're talking about 61% of the population being vitamin d insufficient. and that's why the american academy of pediatrics has said that kids need to be taking vitamin d supplements. it's gotten so bad that even cases of rickets is on the rise, and it's a disease that doctors thought was long gone. >> so we should just clarify for people that a great source of vitamin d is sunlight. you want to protect your kids against cancer and you wan
our senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen joins us with that. why are so many low on vitamin d? >> it's this one, two punch. kids aren't getting enough in foods like milk and fish and also kids are spending more time inside than ever before. and then when they go outside, they're often slatherred in sunscreen as you mentioned. let's take a look at the result of those two going on at the same time. what you have is you have 7.6 million with vitamin d deficiency, that's about 9% of...
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what's the best way to get that healthy glow in here's senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen. >> armed with spf 70 sun block and a had, severe any white is going outside to walk her dog. she's not taking any chances because just in her 40s, she's had all three types of skin cancer, including melanoma. >> i thought i was too young to have melanoma skin cancer. >> too much sun can cause burning, and that damage can lead to skin cancer. >> you're accumulating all these sun burns, all these mutations in you're skin cells, and a lot of these changes don't start to express themselves until your 30s, 40s, 50s. >> make sure it has a broad warned uva and uvb protection. >> and if you love the outdoors, pick your time of day wisely. >> the times that you should avoid the sun is from like 12:00 to 3:00, especially if you're going out on the beach. >> and beware of tanning beds, a report by the world health organizations says it's moved tanning beds to its highest health risk category along with cigarettes. >> it almost accelerates that total uv radiation that you're getting so people man
what's the best way to get that healthy glow in here's senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen. >> armed with spf 70 sun block and a had, severe any white is going outside to walk her dog. she's not taking any chances because just in her 40s, she's had all three types of skin cancer, including melanoma. >> i thought i was too young to have melanoma skin cancer. >> too much sun can cause burning, and that damage can lead to skin cancer. >> you're accumulating all...
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let's talk to senior medical correspondent, elizabeth cohen, not one, but two flu vaccines recommended this year. what do you think? does everybody need both of them, get one of them? is it a toss-up? >> throw up the shots and see which ones you win. >> what's the point? >> i am just kidding. i am just kidding. the centers for disease control has a list of people that should get the regular seasonal flu shot, the one they get every year, and then they have the list that should get the h1n1, the swine flu vaccine. since we don't have an hour to explain all this, i'll just go over the list of people who are supposed to get both shots. because it's actually a pretty long list. so, let's take a look. these folks are supposed to get vaccinated for both regular flu and for swine flu. pregnant women, anyone ages 6 months to 18 years old, babies, kids and teens. anyone ages 25 to 64 who has a chronic health condition like asthma and diabetes and caregivers of babies less than 6 months old, and the reason for that babies 6 months old or younger cannot get the shots themselves. now, i definitely
let's talk to senior medical correspondent, elizabeth cohen, not one, but two flu vaccines recommended this year. what do you think? does everybody need both of them, get one of them? is it a toss-up? >> throw up the shots and see which ones you win. >> what's the point? >> i am just kidding. i am just kidding. the centers for disease control has a list of people that should get the regular seasonal flu shot, the one they get every year, and then they have the list that should...
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for empowered patient, i'm elizabeth cohen. >>> the family of eunice kennedy shriver says the 88-year-old is in critical condition in a massachusetts hospital. shriver, a long-time advocate for the disabled, is a sister of senator ted kennedy and the late president john f. kennedy. her family has not said why shriver is in the hospital. >>> florida senator mel martinez is calling it quits. the republican announced yesterday he is stepping down more than a year before his term is up. saying that it's time for him to move on. at a news conference yesterday, martinez said that he would resign as soon as florida's governor chooses his replacement. >>> and former governor from alaska, sarah palin, is weighing in on the health care debate in her first on-line posting since leaving office, palin called president obama's plan to overhaul the health care system, quote, downright evil. >> that's a check of your head lines. i'm natasha curry. >>> the debate over health care reform has gotten louder and violent. gary tuchman looks into whether the protests at recent town hall meetings were genuine de
for empowered patient, i'm elizabeth cohen. >>> the family of eunice kennedy shriver says the 88-year-old is in critical condition in a massachusetts hospital. shriver, a long-time advocate for the disabled, is a sister of senator ted kennedy and the late president john f. kennedy. her family has not said why shriver is in the hospital. >>> florida senator mel martinez is calling it quits. the republican announced yesterday he is stepping down more than a year before his term...
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. >> reporter: elizabeth cohen, cnn, atlanta. >>> therapists could cause serious harm trying to turn gay and lesbian patients into heterosexuals. that's from the american psychological association which reviewed 83 studies since 1960 and found no evidence that therapy changed anybody's sexual orientation, plus patients who had the therapy said it caused major emotional problems. the researchers urged therapists to offer all options when their patients' sexual orientation conflicts with their faith. >>> all right. it's a done deal. the senate has approved sonia sotomayor as the next supreme court justice, the first latina to sit on the high court. the vote has now been confirmed. several republicans opposed her nomination including john mccain of arizona. live pictures now from the senate and the announcement will be made shortly as the roll call -- that looks like al franken the newest senator. it is the minnesota senator al franken had the honor of announcing sonia sotomayor as the newest justice. can we pick up a little audio? >> the ayes are 68 and the nays are 31. the nomination
. >> reporter: elizabeth cohen, cnn, atlanta. >>> therapists could cause serious harm trying to turn gay and lesbian patients into heterosexuals. that's from the american psychological association which reviewed 83 studies since 1960 and found no evidence that therapy changed anybody's sexual orientation, plus patients who had the therapy said it caused major emotional problems. the researchers urged therapists to offer all options when their patients' sexual orientation...